WacoWatch

Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) filed an opposed motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California (NDCA). On August 7, 2024, Judge Albright denied Meta’s motion to transfer, finding Meta had failed to establish NDCA as a clearly more convenient forum to resolve the dispute.

On November 6, 2023, Judge Albright denied Defendants Amazon Services LLC and eero LLC’s Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue and to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California.

On June 7, 2023, in Competitive Access Sys., Inc. v. Oracle Corp., Judge Pitman denied Defendants Oracle Corporation and Oracle America Inc.’s (collectively, Oracle) Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiff Competitive Access Systems, Inc. (CAS) sued Oracle, alleging infringement of three patents related to network communications.

On October 21, 2022, Judge Albright denied Defendant Resideo Technologies, Inc.’s (“Resideo”) Motion to Transfer Venue from the Western District of Texas (“Western District”) to the District of Minnesota.

On March 28, 2022, Defendant Realtek Semiconductor Corporation (“Realtek”) filed a renewed motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(2) asserting that Plaintiff Bandspeed, LLP (“Bandspeed”) failed to make a preliminary showing that the court had personal jurisdiction over it. Realtek also sought to dismiss the case for undue delay in service and failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b).